Wednesday, December 04, 2013

Links

Norway’s government is sending $30m of taxpayer funds to buy CDM credits. Lucky UK Taxpayers are tossing in 50 million pounds. Do I read this correctly — of the 50 million, only 33 is going to buy of the credits, the other 17million is going to train people on getting through UN red tape. Those compliance costs… really? And people call this a “free” market.

1. The Hockey Stick: GraphsBraasch finds that most people that have to communicate data about climate change, have learned to stay away from graphs. Usually, no matter how dramatic the curve, the complex data behind graphs raise more questions than can be answered.